The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces

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Summary: A Real Masterpiece
Review: Great reading on those quiet Sunday evenings. The historical perspectives and timelines are the best part; really helps you understand the progression of lieterature as we know it. The Norton series was used often in highschool for me, but I had quite narrow historical perspectives back then; this book has helped change that. The book is quite heavy, hard to lug around and seems to get damaged easily (paperback), but the content is well worth it. I think they should have removed the Odyssey and included the Illiad. I would also recommend Glimpes of World History by J. Nehru. Though it can be at times tedious, it is good accompaniment to this Norton anthology.

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Summary: A Real Masterpiece
Review: Great reading on those quiet Sunday evenings. The historical perspectives and timelines are the best part; really helps you understand the progression of literature as we know it. The Norton series (western literature) was used often in highschool for me, but I had quite narrow historical perspectives back then; this book has helped change that. I would also recommend Glimpes of World History by J. Nehru. Though it can be at times tedious, it is good accompaniment to this Norton anthology.

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Summary: world lit.
Review: I really enjoyed this anthology. It contains many selections that are not easily found and give a good summary of the major issues of each author. I was not at all aware of many of the authors included and the editors really help you to understand the events and issues of the day. The expanded edition is the best and gives an even larger sample of each author. It is still an anthology, however, and suffers from the same problems they all do. Not enough material from this or that author but do you really want it to be twenty thousand pages?

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Summary: A real life-saver!
Review: This book has it all! This is the GREATEST collection of books ever printed!

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Summary: World Literarture!
Review: This book is very fascinating to read if you're insterested in early Greek and Roman culture. The many stories and translations make the reading easy and fun. I would recommend this book to anyone!

Rating:
Summary: World Literarture!
Review: This book is very fascinating to read if you're insterested in early Greek and Roman culture. The many stories and translations make the reading easy and fun. I would recommend this book to anyone!